On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> crossfs@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > How can I get the reference XFS source before it was ported to Linux
>
> My guess is that you can't - a lot of effort went into making sure there
> was no cross-licensing in the XFS code, removing any encumbrance that
> may have been there due to code that SGI did not own the copyright on.
>
> I believe that the code was made available shortly after the licensing
> review, so the earliest files in CVS probably
> represents the oldest code available under the GPL. The original Irix
> code is not available, due to licensing issues.
>
> I wasn't with the project at the start, Russell can probably chime in
> for you - he may know if there's a tag for the first CVS versions.
>
> -Eric
>
The oldest I see in CVS is for some early 2.3.x kernel.
That is a long time ago but it probably already had those interfaces by
then.
Cheers
Seth
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